Means for winding, tightening, straining, and the like.



J. CAUGHEY.

MEANS FOR WINDING, TIGHTENING, STRAINING, AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 25 I917- Patented Apr, 23, 191%,

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memoir- To all whom it mag concern.

Be it known that I, JosErn: ,CAUGHEY, a subject of the liling of GreatBritain and Ireland, to, residing at lilildura, in the bltateof Victoria, Commonwealth of Australia, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Means for Winding,

Tightening, Straining, andthe like; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same. i

' My invention relates to improved means for-winding, tightening, straining, and the like, the operation being performed by the use of a reel or core and by a rotator thereof aided by a plug and one or more locking members, the latter being means for (after rotation) fixing the reel or core against unwinding relatively to any clothes line, cord, wire, rope, chain, or article. operated upon. The article to be wound, tightened, or strained will, for brevity, be hereinafter called the wire; the article on whichit is wound will, for brevity, be called the reel; and straining and pulling as well as winding operations will, for brevity, be indicated by the word winding.

In drawings herewith, in which the scales differ, embodiments of my invention are illustrated, but there may be modifications while retaining matter which is hereinafter covered in my claims.

In practice the parts shown as vertical in the drawings might take or be given some ill other position, as horizontal.

Figure 1 shows a side view of a reel.

Fig. 2 shows a front view of a rotator with parts omitted.

Fig. 3 shows part of the said rotator with the reel mounted on it. Fig. t shows part of the rotator seen at right angles to its posi-.

tion in Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 shows the reel in middle section, with a wire, a rotator, and a plug, in the positions assumed prior to rotation.

Fig. 6 shows the parts in Fig. 5 in positions assumed after slight rotation, and with a locking member inserted to prevent unwinding. Fig. 7 is a plan of the parts in Fig. 5. Fig. 8 is a plan of parts in Fig. 6 but with the reel slightly retracted from the position of the latter figure.

A is a wire, B a reel, C a plug, usually of Specification of Letters Patent. Pwhgnifmjl App, 23, 191%! Application filcdflctober 25, 1917.

Serial No. 198,491

tapered or wedge form, but it may be of any suitable size and shape. 'l) is a rotator, shown with forked handles D a stem D a pointer or nose D which is shown tapered and a bearing surface D made for example by cutting a recess in the nose. It may have at the end of the recess a stop D for a reel, and it may have means as holes D for the use if required of a memberto prevent de tachment of the reel during rotation.

The reel has any suitable flanges or checks B a barrel or axle B a central hole B through the barrel, and an aperture or slot B in the barrel wall. Thisslot allows of location and gripping of the wire before winding. The dimensions of slot B3 are variable and it is shown. wider in Fig. 8 than marked E but a screw, a common nail, or

a pieceof straight wire has been found to serve. But for greater security, any projecting end as F? or ends of the locking member may be bent, as seen in Fig. 8.

In operating the invention the reel will be set against the wire as in Fig. 5 and the nose D of the rotator will be inserted in the center hole B its bearing surface D contacting with the wire, and its outer surface with the barrel, and the wedge shaped plug G will also be inserted in the hole, the nose and the plug gripping the wire firmly between them and being themselves held sufiiciently tightly in the barrel.

The rotation is then effected, and in many cases there will be no danger of the reel slipping off the nose; but when desired such slip is guarded against by a stop, for example a pin or thelike in a hole D the pin end or ends projecting therefrom, this pin being movable to allow the rotator to be detached.

The direction of rotation arrow in Fig. 6 applies to the wire therein, but the rotator could have been turned the opposite way. In practice there will be usually greater winding than is illustrated.

The number of holes B (or equivalents as slots) may be varied.

shown by an According to the dimensions of the reel and the extent of rotation, so will more or less wire be wound on between the cheeks or flanges B l/Vhen the winding is suflicient a locking piece or'pieces is or are inserted inho-les B as in Fig. 8 or secured in place by means of the cheeks. If only one locking piece be used it would allow the reel to retract somewhat more than if two locking pieces were used, the extent of retraction being small it holes 13*, are spaced closely. Then'the rotator can be extracted from center hole 13, and the tapered plug or chains, to the parts which carry them.

' hub and side flanges, the hollow hub hav-- Having described this invention, what is claimed by Letters Patent is:-

l. In combination, a reel having a hollow ing a transverseslot which communicates with the hollow portion of said hub, a rotator extending through the hollow hub and provided with a cutaway portionwhich registers with the transverse slot, a plug inserted through the hollow hub and spaced :copies of this patent may be obtained for from the rotator to form a clamp for a wire when passed through the transverse slot, whereby when the rotator and reel are turned the opposite ends of the wire will be drawn taut.

2. In combination, a reel having a hollow hub and a transverse slot, a plug fitted in the hollow hub and spaced from the inner wall thereof, a wedge shaped plug extending through the hollow hub and spaced from the plug to form a clamp for a wire extending through the slot, whereby when the reel is rotated theopposite ends of the wire will be drawn taut,and pins extending across the reel to engage the wire to prevent reverse movement of the reel.

3. In combination, a reel having a hollow hub, and a transverse slot, a plug fitted in the slot, a plug fitted in the hollow hub and spaced from the inner wall thereof, a wedge extending through the hollow huh and spaced from the plug to form a clamp tor a wire extending through the slot, whereby when the reel is rotated the opposite ends of the wire will be drawn taut, and corrugated pins extending through the reel, the wire on opposite sides of the hub engaging in the corrugations in the pins to prevent reverse movement of the reel.

In witness whereof I have herei'mto set my hand.

JOSEPH CAUGH'EY.

five cents eech,'by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington,.-D. C. 

